Safety razor



Apr. 24, 1923.

A. P. STIANSEN SAFETY RAZOR Fiied Dec. 23, 1920 a? INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

v STATES 1,452,767 PATENT, OFFHIE.

ANTON P. STIANSEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Y sArE'rY nazon.

Application filed December 23, 1920." Serial No. 432,827.

' T all whom it may concern:

vide a blade permanently fastened. to a.

holder which serves as a handle while shaving-and when stropping blade;second, to provide a guard that can be removed to permit stroppingblade; and, third, to provide a guard both sides of which are adaptedfor contact with blade and that is oscillatable illustrated in the onholder and can be used and held in place on either side of-"blade.

I attain these objects by the construction in which-.

Figure 1 is aside elevation showing the razor with guard in place; Fig.2is a top view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on line YY; Fig. 4 is aside elevation and Fig. 5

g is a front elevation of blade andho'lder Fig.

6 is a side elevation and Figure 7 is a rear elevation of the guard;Fig. 8 is a top view of blade and holder.

Similar numerals refer tO Sll'I1Il3.I' parts throughout the severalviews.

Number 1 is a blade, preferably made of a high carbon sheet steel,inserted in slot M, the, side N, Q of loop M converging to Y K in holder3, and held by pins 4.

L where the greater portion of sides N, O ends,'the remaining portion ofsides N, 0 being formed into a tubular or cylindrical shape to serve asbearings D, E and F, on I which said guard oscillates when on holder 3.'(See Figs. 1, 2, and 6.) The po'ition-of sides N, O- forming bearingsD,'.E, and F,

do not meet, leaving a gap G, through which blade 1 slides when guard isremoved from, or replaced on holder 3. (See Figs. 1, '2, and 7.) Themiddle bearing E is ex tended to form edges H and which serves as meansfor holding sides N, O of said accompanying drawings,-

-With a plurality of bearings ona guard in opposition to, andagainst-sides of said blade.

(See Figs. 1, 3, and 6.) Numher 3 is a holder, preferably made of metalf rod, the lower portion of which is shaped to serve as a handle forholding razor whenshaving and when stropping blade, the upper portionbeing slotted to receive said blade which is permanently secured by pins4.. (See Figs. 4, 5, and 6.)

I claim as my invention: 7 1. The combination, in a safety razor, of

the blade 1 fastened to the holder 3 and provided with notches A, B and.C, a guard 2,.provided'with a loop M having notches therein andoscillatably mounted on said holder by means of bearings D, E and F,said bearings having a gap G for said blade to slide in on; removal andreplacement of said guard and thelmiddle bearing E extendedlongitudinall to form edges H and J providing means 'or engaging saidblade and holding it against either sidev of said guard; substantiallyas specified.

2. In a safety razor, and in combination, a blade/inserted in a holdersaid blade-having a' plurality of notches on the edge inserted insaidholder that are coincident guard when said guard is mounted 6n saidholder, the'journaled portion of said guard serving as means forengaging said blade and holding it in the position for use on eitherside of said guard.

In a safety razor, a blade inserted in a (holder, said blade having aplurality of notches on the edge inserted in said holder that are-coincident with a plurality of bearings on a guard when said guard ismounted on said holder, said notches in said blade being deep enough topermitthe free passage of the walls of said bearings on said guardbetween said h- .ler and bottom of said notches in said blade.

491m a safety razor, a blade inserted in a holder, said blade having aplurality of notches on the'edge inserted in said-holder that arecoincident with a dplurality of bear ings on aguard when sai guard ismounted on said holder, said. notches in said blade being wide enough topermit a longitudinal movement of said guard for the'purpose of engagingsaid 'blade and holding it in the position foruse on either side of saidguard.

5. In a safety razor, a removable, onepiece, oscillatable, rotatablymounted guard ioa the journaled portion thereof serving as V consistingof a looped portion both sides of which are adapted for contiguity' withthe sides of the blade and a rear portion adapted for rotatably mountingon the blade holder and having means for engaging said 10 blade andholding said guard in the position for use on either side of said blade.

-7. In a, safety razor, a one-piece guard having a looped portion bothsides of which are adapted for contiguity with the sides a of the bladeand a rear portion adapted for rotatably mounting on the blade holderand for longitudinal movement on removal and replacement and means forengaging said blade and holding said guard in the position for use oneither side of said blade.

A. P. STIANSEN. Witnesses:

E. SCHMIDT, M. STIANSEN.

